Designing the 21st Century: 25th Anniversary edition - Hardcover

QUOTES FROM THE BOOK: “Boredom is the mother of creativity” – Ron Arad, London “Simple forms, sensitive, tactile materials, products made to stand the test of time” – Babylon Design, London “Communuication, not decoration.” – Debbie Jane Buchan, Edinburgh “When I design, I design for people, not for an abstract entity, a market, but for real people, people I know, people, I love” – Konstantin Grcic, Munich “Design is about creatively exploiting constraint” – Inflate, London “Always question why you are doing something, unless you are being paid a ridiculous amount of money, then really question it” – James Irvine, Milan “It’s only the future if it can’t be made” – Ross Lovegrove, London “Every new product development must contain innovation” – J Mays, Michigan “I approach design I a fairly subliminal way, which is lucky because I don’t have time to think about it too much” – Marc Newson, London “Reality is what we make it” – Stephen Peart, California “Design is the whole experience of living” – Karim Rashid, New York

The editors: Charlotte and Peter Fiell run a design consultancy in London specializing in the sale, acquisition, study and promotion of design artifacts. They have lectured widely, curated a number of exhibitions, and written numerous articles and books on design and designers, including TASCHEN’s Decorative Arts series, 1000 Chairs, Design of the 20th Century, Industrial Design A-Z, Scandinavian Design, Graphic Design for the 21st Century, and 1000 Lights.